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Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Claude Julien still thinks his team is fighting for a place in the playoffs. [La Presse | Google Translate]
- The failed Riley Barber-Phil Varone experiment has come to an unceremonious end. [The Athletic]
- What is the potential market for Tomas Tatar? [The Athletic]
- Could Jeff Petry be Carolina-bound? [RDS]
- Maybe the Habs should have traded Ilya Kovalchuk earlier? [TSN 690]
- Joel Bouchard is teaching Jesperi Kotkaniemi how the expectations of coaches differ between the AHL and NHL level. [RDS]
- Marc Bergevin’s reset button is broken. [Hockey Inside/Out]
- Going behind the scenes at the AHL All-Star Game with Charles Hudon. [AHL]
- Nathanael Halbert didn’t look too out of place in his first game with the Laval Rocket. [RDS]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Hurricanes’ hockey moms talk about raising NHLers. [The Athletic]
- Why the Toronto Maple Leafs traded for Denis Malgin. [Sportsnet]
- The Minnesota Wild are interested in Vincent Trocheck. [Hockey Wilderness]
- An early look at the top 21 prospects for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. [The Athletic]
- Mark Scheifele is being sued by his former personal chef. [CTV News - Winnipeg]
- Does Leon Draisaitl have an MVP case? [The Athletic]
- Who are the best defencemen available on the market? [Sportsnet]
- Nathan Gerbe has made a career of not being intimidated by players bigger than himself.
Forget everybody else. Nathan Gerbe for President in 2020. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/s0OCjnjSTP
— The Cannon (@cbjcannon) February 21, 2020